AFP - Twenty-three miners were found alive Monday in a Ukrainian coal mine more than 24 hours after they were trapped deep underground by a huge explosion, rescue officials said.

AFP - Tens of thousands of truckers in Spain, France and Portugal on Monday stepped up protests against rising fuel prices, causing mayhem on highways and blocking border crossings.

Reuters - U.S. violent crimes like murders and rapes decreased by 1.4 percent in 2007 after two years of increases that caused concern among criminal justice experts, the FBI reported on Monday.

Reuters - McDonald's Corp said on Monday it has temporarily stopped serving sliced tomatoes on its sandwiches in the United States as health officials work to pinpoint the source of a Salmonella outbreak.

Reuters - Sen. Edward Kennedy, the patriarch of America's most storied political family, returned home to Massachusetts on Monday, a week after surgery for removal of a malignant brain tumor.

Reuters - Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a new iPhone with faster Internet access.

Reuters - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended senior Pentagon official Michael Donley to be secretary of the U.S. Air Force in a shake-up triggered by mistakes in handling nuclear weapons and parts.

Reuters - Average U.S. gasoline pump prices -- already above $4 a gallon -- could run up 20 cents or more by mid-summer, if crude oil prices don't fall from record levels near $140 a barrel, analysts said.

Reuters - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Monday raised $6 billion of capital after it said it expects to post a $2.77 billion quarterly loss from trades and hedges gone sour.

Reuters - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama sought to tap into Americans' anxiety over high gasoline prices on Monday by saying he would impose a windfall profits tax on U.S. oil companies if elected.

AP - Dominik Hasek, the goaltender known as the Dominator, retired Monday because he said he lacked the motivation for a 17th season.

AP - The stress from deepening debt is becoming a major pain in the neck — and the back and the head and the stomach — for millions of Americans.

AP - Jessica Alba and her husband Cash Warren are new parents. The 27-year-old actress gave birth to a healthy baby girl, Honor Marie Warren, on Saturday, her publicist Brad Cafarelli said Monday in an e-mail to The Associated Press. Cafarelli didn't provide further details.

AP - Apple Inc. has unveiled an upgraded iPhone with a faster Internet connection and GPS capabilities.

AP - Lots of Democrats love Hillary Rodham Clinton. Yet plenty of Republicans, conservatives and all-important independents can't stand her, suggesting possible pitfalls for Barack Obama should he make her his vice presidential running mate.